Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-13
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY BELLE MEADE SMITH.

WOMAN = UEf AhIMU INl
EDITED BY BELLE MEADE SMITH.
The Sanitarium,
Which was started about the first OF
October, is an establishment princi,
pally intended for the reception O
women who are soon to become
mothers, and who are boarding
hotels or occupying rooms in lodgin,
houses. 1t is conducted by Mrs
H lines and Clifford, and is inexpen-
sive and homelke. Mrs. Holmes
who was born upon the Green Hill
of Vermont, and whose lie has been
full OF vicissitudes, is an experienced
nurse, as well as something of a doc
tres. She has never studied
medicine or received degree, but
both her father and mother were
nj. DIS, while she has always been
intimately associated with the sick
room. She is prepared, TIL refore, t.
furnish the ladies who make her house
their home, with electric baths and
massage treatment. The Sanitarium
is an unpretentious frame house on ID
street, near Pico street, and it Is
reached by the electric motors, which
certainly run upon the pleasantest
railway in or near Los Angeles; and
which, with equal certainty, are the
best cars upon which delicate women
can ride, so easy is their locomotion.
The Electric Hallway Suburbs.
Apropos of the Electric Railway,
which begins at First and Los Angeles
streets and terminates on Picof1eights,
no stranger should leave the city
without making round trip upon it.
East of Main street it is cut through
the loveliest of vineyards and the
most interesting Chinese vegetable
gardens, while on either side it is
skirted with beautiful residences and
fine orchards and groves. West OF
Main street the road lies through a
long stretch of open country,
dotted with elegant homes, and
upon one side, bounded by
the mountains which rise up
in an unbroken chain, to meet the
sky. AS, without noise, dust or jolt
ing, the cars sped lightly and easily
along, he handsome houses of some
of Los Angeles most wealthy citizens
appeared to view. Upon the corner
OF Pico and Colorado streets resides
Victor Ponet, the well-known under
taker, whom in the years gone by
came to the city OF the Angels PEN
niless man, but who, by prudence
and energy, has amassed a large for
tune. His house is neat and well
appointed cottage, but his grounds,
which cover an area of twelve acres.
are valued at forty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Ponet and his wife and two
children, have just returned from an
exten led tour through Europe. Upon
the Bonnie Brae Hill, which slopes up
from Pico street until it attains its
summit at Ninth street, stands the
palatial residence of Mr.. 8. A. Ran
dali, another gentlemen who owes his
good fortune to Los Angeles. The
house, which is painted white with
green trimmings, and which is very
imposing, can be seen for miles
around, so elevated is its position. 1t
is, moreover, very complete in its in
ternal construction, having been
built by Mr.. Randall for the comfort
and convenience of his wife,
by whom it was designed. Mrs. s. A.
Randall is an agreeable lady, and
Miss Randall, who is pretty and en-
tertaining, is a good musician and a
skillful horsewoman. The magnifi-
cent new house of Mr.. H. Jevne, the
leading Los Angeles grocer, also
stands in bold relief upon the Bonnie
Brae hill. Mr.. Jevne belongs to an
excellent Chicago family, and is a
gentleman and merchant who re-
fleets much credit upon the city of his
adoption. The Jevnes live in good
style, and keep three house
servants and coachman.
Mrs. Jevne is a beautiful
blonde with vivid complexion, soft
blue eyes and an unusually sweet
mouth, adorned by two faultless rows
of teeth. Her manners and CONVEX
sation, are also highly pleasing. A
little beyond Alvarado street, is the
abode Of the Mexican, who owns 150
acres of the land upon which his
house stands, as.well as large por-
ton of China town. The house is a
deplorable shantv, with few windows
and no floor, and is inhabited not only
by the many children
and grand children Of Its
eccentric possesOr, but by
the innumerable dogs and poultry he
has gathered about him. 1t appears
that 1.-The Mexican" as he is alway s
designated, does not relish his UNI
pleasant notoriety, for lie is frequently
heard to affirm that when passers-by
cease to comment upon his meagrt
house, he will erect mansion as fine
as any of his neighbors. 1.-The Mexi
cam" however. has peculiar pas
sion for buying and keeping super
ANIMATED horses. He never seems tt
feed, water or stable them, but hi
often has as many as twenty-five
lame, halt and blind animals OF
his place; while to see a dead o
a dying horse lying unobservet
and uncared for at shor
distance from his house is no uncom
mon thing. The Rosedale cemeter!
is sombre but conspicuous feature
of the Electric Railway land for a lon,
distance before it is reached are visible
it's stately monuments. A trifle abov,
the cemetery and on Washington
street are plainly to be seen the ele
CANT home of the Rev. Mr.. Demic
and the beautiful Presbyterian
Church, of which he is the Pastor
Emeritus and the founder
The pastor in charge i
the Rev. Mr.. Condit, of the Chimes
Presbyterian mission, who is assisted
in his labors by his wife, Mrs. Alidi
Condit. This lady, who is South
ern woman of birth and culture, ant
who, as we'll, is the ideal pastor